Karl Bodmer Images
Karl Bodmer was a Swiss painter who accompanied Prince Maximillian on an expedition across the American West in 1832. During this expedition, the party encountered many of the Indians described by Lewis and Clark. Bodmer's detailed sketches and watercolors are an important visual record of these cultures. The images in the collection are hand-colored engravings based on Bodmer's watercolors that appeared in a fifty-copy limited edition set of Lewis and Clark's journals edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904.
A Blackfoot Indian on Horseback
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 188.
1904/1905
Abdih Hiddisch, A Minaterre Chief
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 1, part 2, frontispiece.
1904/1905
Assiniboin Indians
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 224.
1904/1905
Chief of the Blood Indians
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 202.
1904/1905
Crow Indians
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 274.
1904/1905
Dacota Woman and Assiniboin Girl
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 6, part 1, page 110.
1904/1905
Facsimile of an Indian Painting
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 320.
1904/1905
Indian Painting on Skin
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original for a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 4, part 1, page 28.
1904/1905
Indian Utensils and Arms
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 3, part 1, page 4.
1904/1905
Indian Utensils and Arms
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 3, part 2, frontispiece.
1904/1905
Indian Utensils and Arms
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 6, part 2, page 270.
1904/1905
Indian Utensils and Arms
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 7, part 1, page 54.
1904/1905
Indian Utensils and Arms
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 2, part 2, page 346.
1904/1905
Koutani Indian
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 6, part 2, page 140.
1904/1905
Mandeh Pahchu, A Young Mandan Indian
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 1, part 2, page 166.
1904/1905
Mato-Tope, A Mandan Chief
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 368.
1904/1905
Mato-Tope, Adorned with the insignia of his warlike deeds
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 4, part 2, frontispiece.
1904/1905
Mehkskeme-Sukahs, Blackfoot Chief
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 2, part 1, page 98.
1904/1905
Mexkemahuastan, Chief of the Gros-ventres of the Prairies
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 186.
1904/1905
Missouri Indian
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 7, part 2, frontispiece.
1904/1905
Noapeh, an Assiniboin Indian
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 1, part 2, page 244.
1904/1905
Pachtuwa-chta, An Arrikkara Warrior
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Volume 1, number 2, page 150.
1904/1905
Pehriska-Ruhpa, A Minatarre or big-bellied Indian
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 338.
1904/1905
Pehriska-Ruhpa, Minitaree Warrior in the costume of the dog dance
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 354.
1904/1905
Psihdja-Sahpa, A Yanktonan Indian
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 6, part 2, frontispiece.
1904/1905
Scalp Dance of the Minatarre
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 1, part 2, page 336.
1904/1905
Sih-Chida and Mahchsi-Karehde, Mandan Indians
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, page 286.
1904/1905
Tatsicki-Stomick, Piekann Chief
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 5, part 2, frontispiece.
1904/1905
Woman of the Snake Tribe
This hand-colored plate was re-engraved from an original watercolor by Karl Bodmer. The plates were issued in a limited edition printing of fifty copies for the "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (13 vols.) edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites in 1904. Image from volume 2, part 2, frontispiece.
1904/1905